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Dating sucks in 2018

Let’s say you’re at the gas station in the rain and sexy-ish silver fox offers to pump your gas.  It’s cold outside and you accept the assist. He asks your name and you tell him. He comments on how you drive a nice car. And you smile because you agree. Then he asks you out on Saturday night. You don’t have anything going on and you haven’t been on a date in a while.  And did I mention that he’s cute? Stylish and smells good. What could possibly go wrong?  EVERYTHING.   1. Dude is boring.  He asked me what type of work did I do? I said, I’m a writer and a salesperson. He said he doesn’t have time to read. My face turned to stone. The last thing you should ever say to a human — especially one who writes — is I don’t have time to read. I could almost hear my sister telling me to stop being judgmental. But when do I listen to my sister?  2. He’s a Carolina Panthers fan. Dude, you 50. You are not loyal. Then he started defending Cam Newton’s sexism.    Well, you guess how t